19 Celebrity Names You’re Probably Pronouncing Wrong

Rihanna

Ralph Fiennes

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Amanda Seyfried

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Don’t say: SAY-freed… Instead say: SIGH-frid

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Martin Scorsese

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Don’t say: Scor-SAY-see… Instead say: Scor-SEZ-ee. (Scorsese has a thing for directing gangster movies, but did you know assassin originally meant hashish eater? Find out other words that changed meanings here.)

Demi Moore

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Don’t say: DEM-ee… Instead say: Duh-MEE

Eva Mendez

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Don’t say: EE-va… Instead say: AY-va

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Lindsay Lohan

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Don’t say: LOW-han… Instead say: LOW-en

Ralph Lauren

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Steve Buscemi

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Don’t say: Boo-SHEM-ee… Instead say: BOO-seh-mee

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Ioan Gruffudd

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Don’t say: Eye-OH-an GRUFF-ud… Instead say: YO-an GRIH-fith

Zooey Deschanel

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Don’t say: ZOO-ee DESH-a-nel… Instead say: ZOH-ee Day-shuh-NELL

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Don’t say: The guy from 12 Years a Slave… Instead say: CHOO-ih-tell EDGE-ee-oh-for